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Tokugawa Ieharu 徳川 家治 (20 June 1737 – 17 September 1786) was the tenth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1760 to 1786. His childhood name was Takechiyo (竹千代).
Shogun from Shogun until 1 Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) de facto 1600: de jure 1605 de jure 1603 de facto 1616 2 Tokugawa Hidetada (1579–1632) 1605 de jure 1623 de facto 1632 3 Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604–1651) 1623 1651 4 Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641–1680) 1651 1680 5 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646–1709) 1680 1709 6 Tokugawa Ienobu (1662–1712) 1709 ...
1760 (Hōreki 10): Shogun Ieshige resigns and his son, Ieharu, becomes the 10th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. [3]: 419 1762 (Hōreki 12): The Emperor Momozono abdicated in favor of his sister; [3]: 419 and he died shortly thereafter. 1763 (Hōreki 13): A merchant association handling Korean ginseng is founded in the Kanda district of Edo. [6]
The Tokugawa shoguns governed Japan in a feudal system, with each daimyō administering a han (feudal domain), although the country was still nominally organized as imperial provinces. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan experienced rapid economic growth and urbanization, which led to the rise of the merchant class and Ukiyo culture.
Shogun (English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ ʌ n / SHOH-gun; [1] Japanese: 将軍, romanized: shōgun, pronounced [ɕoːɡɯɴ] ⓘ), officially sei-i taishōgun (征夷大将軍, "Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians"), [2] was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. [3]
However, after Ieyasu died in 1616, his successor Tokugawa Hidetada pursued an increasingly isolationist path for Japan. Adams found his influence declining, and after falling ill, he died in ...
The shōgun was a hereditary position held by members of the Tokugawa clan who were direct descendants of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The shōgun was based in the Tokugawa capital city of Edo, Musashi Province, located 370 kilometres (230 mi) east of Kyoto in the Kanto region, and ruled Japan with his government, the bakufu. The Tokugawa shogunate ...
Son of Emperor Kōmei. Ended the Tokugawa Shogunate with the Meiji Restoration (3 January 1868). First emperor of the Empire of Japan. [142] [143] 123: Yoshihito 嘉仁: Emperor Taishō 大正天皇: 30 July 1912 – 25 December 1926 (14 years, 148 days)